I agree 100%! I hate the word cisgender, and I hate the notion of being "assigned" a gender at birth. You were born the gender that you grew in the womb. And just for the record, I'm not prejudiced or biased for or against people who become transgender, or people who are gay, or pretty much any people at all. I also truly hate the word "they" to refer to someone. "They" means more than one person, for crying out loud!
I think -- iow, this is just me -- that it is entirely plausible that those who want to be referred to as ‘they’ feel like they are, indeed, more than one person. Consider being born male, but feeling from the time you became aware of boy-or-girl that there was a girl in you dying to come to the fore. To extend the thought, consider this person being a firstborn son whose parents desperately want a son. It happens.
I agree 100%! I hate the word cisgender, and I hate the notion of being "assigned" a gender at birth. You were born the gender that you grew in the womb. And just for the record, I'm not prejudiced or biased for or against people who become transgender, or people who are gay, or pretty much any people at all. I also truly hate the word "they" to refer to someone. "They" means more than one person, for crying out loud!
I think -- iow, this is just me -- that it is entirely plausible that those who want to be referred to as ‘they’ feel like they are, indeed, more than one person. Consider being born male, but feeling from the time you became aware of boy-or-girl that there was a girl in you dying to come to the fore. To extend the thought, consider this person being a firstborn son whose parents desperately want a son. It happens.